But manly set the world on sixe and sevene; And, if thou die a martyr, go to heaven.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERIf love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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One cannot scold or complain at every word. Learn to endure patiently, or else, as I live and breathe, you shall learn it whether you want or not.
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There’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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One flesh they are; and one flesh, so I’d guess, Has but one heart, come grief or happiness.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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Men love newfangleness.
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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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Many small make a great.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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My house is small, but you are learned men And by your arguments can make a place Twenty foot broad as infinite as space.
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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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